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Re:Heroku is down again by zacharyvoase on Saturday June 30, 2012 @12:49AM (#4180663)
Until a solar storm hits, and our servers are no longer under the protection of the Earth's magnetic field.
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Re:Heroku is down again by wavephorm on Saturday June 30, 2012 @09:38PM (#4183483)
How do satellites deal with solar storms currently? Surely they could put a ton of iron around the servers to protect them.
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